{"id":2992,"date":"2017-12-13T19:02:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T19:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/?page_id=2992"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:26:49","slug":"recognition-mentoring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/faculty\/recognition-mentoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognition for Mentoring"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Champion of Undergraduate Research Award<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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2025 CUR Faculty Awardees:<\/h2>\n

Champion of Undergraduate Research:<\/strong>
Dr. Stephen Kuebler<\/strong>
Optics, Photonics, and Chemistry
College of Sciences
College of Optics and Photonics<\/p>\n

Champion of Undergraduate Research:<\/strong>
Dr. Ann Miller<\/strong>
Nicholson School of Communication and Media
College of Sciences<\/p>\n

Rising Star:<\/strong>
Dr. Christopher Randles<\/strong>
Department of Chemistry
College of Sciences<\/p>\n

2024 CUR Faculty Awardees:<\/h2>\n

Champion of Undergraduate Research:<\/strong>
Dr. William Self<\/strong>
School of Biomedical Sciences
College of Medicine<\/p>\n

Rising Star:<\/strong>
Dr. Keith Brazendale<\/strong>
Department of Health Sciences
College of Health Professions and Sciences<\/p>\n

Rising Star:<\/strong>
Dr. Jacqueline Woerner<\/strong>
Department of Sociology
College of Sciences<\/p>\n

2023 CUR Faculty Awardees:<\/h2>\n
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Champion of Undergraduate Research:
Dr. Linda Walters
<\/strong>Department of Biology
College of Sciences<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rising Star:
Dr. Emily Johnson
<\/strong>Department of English
College of Arts and Humanities<\/p>\n

Rising Star:<\/strong>
Dr. Jeanette Garcia<\/strong>
Department of Health Sciences
College of Health Professions and Sciences<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

2022 CUR Faculty Awardees:<\/h2>\n
Dr. Chrysalis Wright
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Department of Psychology<\/span>
College of Sciences<\/span><\/div>\n
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Dr. Jonathan Caranto<\/span>
<\/span><\/strong>Department of Chemistry<\/span>
College of Sciences<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2021 CUR Faculty Awardees:<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"\" Dr. Seetha Raghavan
<\/span><\/strong>Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<\/span>
College of Engineering and Computer Science<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Dr. Dr. Aubrey Jewett<\/span>
<\/span><\/strong>School of Politics, Security and International Affairs<\/span>
College of Sciences<\/span><\/p>\n

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2020 CUR Faculty Awardees:<\/span><\/h2>

\"Dr.Dr. Michael Rovito
<\/span><\/strong>Department of Health Sciences<\/span>
College of Health Professions and Science<\/span><\/p>

\"Dr.Dr. Valerie Sim<\/span>s
<\/span><\/strong>Department of Psychology<\/span>
College of Sciences<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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2019 CUR Faculty Awardees:<\/span><\/h2>

\"Dr.Dr. Sherron Killingsworth Roberts
<\/span><\/strong>English Language Arts Education<\/span>
College of Community Innovation and Education<\/span><\/p>

\"Dr.<\/span>Dr. Ali Gordon<\/span>
<\/span><\/strong>Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<\/span>
College of Engineering and Computer Science<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This faculty award was first given in 2019 and is designed to honor outstanding faculty mentors who are supporting undergraduate research across the UCF campus and within their own research teams. Honorees are stalwart advocates and prolific, innovative research mentors who have helped build our strong culture of undergraduate research.<\/span><\/p>

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Faculty Mentorship Activity Reports are pulled on each CUR Faculty Award applicant.<\/p>

Did you know that you can request your own copy of this report at any time by emailing our@ucf.edu and including your UCFID or EMPLID?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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SURC Mentor of the Year<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Faculty are nominated for this award by their undergraduate researchers. Nominations are reviewed by the Student Undergraduate Research Council, a group undergraduate researchers from across the campus. Winners are announced annually in April during Research Week.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Congratulations to 2026 Faculty Mentor of the Year, Dr. Matthew Atkinson of UCF’s Biology department<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Previous Awardees<\/span><\/h3>\n

2025:<\/b> Mohsen Rakhshan <\/b>(Electrical and Computer Engineering)<\/span><\/p>\n

2024:<\/b> Denisia Popolan-Vaida<\/b> (Chemistry)<\/span><\/p>\n

2023: Dr. Humberto Lopez Castill<\/b>o (Health Sciences)<\/p>\n

2022: Dr. Nicole Lapeyrouse <\/strong>(Chemistry), nominated by Barbara Chiu and Catalina Lopez-Castilla
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2021: Dr. Damla Turgut <\/strong>(Computer Science), nominated by Nafisa Mostofa
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2020: Dr. Chase Mason <\/strong>(Biology) nominated by Mari Irving<\/span><\/p>\n

2019: Dr. Geoffrey Cook <\/strong>(Biology) nominated by Adam Searles<\/span><\/p>\n

2018:<\/strong> Dr. Stephanie Florczyk<\/strong> (Materials Science and Engineering) nominated by Minh-Chau Le<\/span><\/p>\n

2017: Dr. Luis Favela <\/b>(Philosophy) nominated by Zachariah Neemah<\/span><\/p>\n

2016: Dr. Linda Walters <\/b>(Biology) nominated by Julie Deslauriers<\/span><\/p>\n

2015: Dr. Joanna Mishtal <\/b>(Anthropology) nominated by Tiernan Middleton<\/span><\/p>\n

2014: Dr. Christopher Parkinson <\/b>(Biology) nominated by Hollis Dahn<\/span><\/p>\n

2013: Dr. Joshua Colwell <\/strong>(Physics) nominated by Allison Bratcher<\/span><\/p>\n

2012: Dr. Karen Mottarella<\/strong> (Psychology) nominated by Emily Edwards<\/span><\/p>\n

2011: Dr. Andrew Daire<\/strong> (Counselor Education) <\/span><\/p>\n

2010: Dr. Bernadette Jungblut <\/b>(Political Science)<\/span><\/p>\n

2009: Dr. Michael Georgiopoulos<\/b> (Electrical and Computer Engineering)<\/span><\/p>\n

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